LAUNCH·INDEX
LNCH1,007+7.6%

Experimental: traction = early-adopter votes (PH) / points (HN), not downloads or usage; updated about once a day and frozen ~31–36h after launch on Product Hunt (7 days on Show HN); sectors come from keyword rules (~70–75% accurate); data starts Oct 3 (HN) / Oct 9 (PH). “—” means not enough data; nothing is estimated. How it works

Open Source & Libraries (OSRC)

Sector · Show HN + Product Hunt · data as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC

27+4 (+17.4%)

launches · 3D Oct 14–Oct 16 vs Oct 11–Oct 13 (23)

11.5%—

hit rate · Oct 12–Oct 14 settled (3/26) vs Oct 9–Oct 11 (2/25)

— Not significant at current sample size: +3.5pp, 25 → 26 settled launches (needs 100+ in each window).

+6.7

trending score

Launches: Weekday effect likely: Wed–Fri is compared with Sun–Tue, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 19). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.

Hit rate: Weekday effect likely: Mon–Wed is compared with Fri–Sun, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 21). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.

Launches & hit rate

Supply · launches per day
01020Oct 10: 9 launchesOct 11: 5 launchesOct 12: 6 launchesOct 13: 12 launchesOct 14: 8 launchesOct 15: 11 launchesOct 16: 8 launchesOct 17: 6 launches (incomplete day)Oct 10Oct 11Oct 12Oct 13Oct 14Oct 15Oct 16Oct 17
Demand · hit rate per day (share of settled launches with 10+ votes)
0%10%20%Oct 10: 1 of 9 settled launches hit 10+ votes (11.1%)Oct 11: 0 of 5 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 12: 0 of 6 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 13: 2 of 12 settled launches hit 10+ votes (16.7%)Oct 14: 1 of 8 settled launches hit 10+ votes (12.5%)Oct 15: launches not settled yetOct 16: launches not settled yetOct 17: incomplete dayOct 10Oct 11Oct 12Oct 13Oct 14Oct 15Oct 16Oct 17

3 days left blank: votes still coming in (launches under 48h old), incomplete day, or no launches — not shown as zero.

Faded bars are incomplete days (today, or days before every selected source was being collected).

Key statistics

Launches
8Oct 16
Avg daily launches
8.88d
7D range
5 – 12Oct 10–Oct 16
Hit rate
9.8%5/51 · Oct 9–Oct 14
Volatility
51%7 daily chg
Share of market
0.8%7D
Top source
Product Hunt59%
Previous window
23Oct 11–Oct 13

Stocks in this sector (OSRC)

Crossed the 10-vote traction line during the latest interval (Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC, 10.6h): under 10 at the previous run and 10+ now. Launches listed since the previous run (IPOs) have no earlier reading, so they’re left out (see New Listings). Only ~6% of launches ever get there. 0 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

Mixed sources. Traction is Product Hunt votes (PH) or Show HN points (HN) — not the same unit, and PH has ~7× the launches. So each source is ranked on its own and the two are alternated (PH #1, HN #1, PH #2, HN #2, …); the # column is that combined order. Pick a source above to see one source’s full ranking.

No product crossed 10 votes in the latest interval for this filter.

Traction = current votes (PH) / points (HN) — early-adopter attention, not downloads or usage. Gained = traction gained between the two latest daily ingest runs; Gain % only when the previous traction was 5+. Buzz = comments gained in that interval. “frozen” = no longer tracked, so no current gain. How it works

OSRC · Open Source & Libraries · Launch Index